Trade
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I acknowledge that we have an enormous
trade
deficit with the rest of the world (about $800 billion this year, or 4% of US GDP) and that our
trade
deficit with China is about half of that total (about $400 billion).
But I always emphasize that our overall
trade
deficit reflects the fact that the US spends more than it produces, requiring us to obtain the difference through net imports.
One reason for the ambiguity is that several senior officials are vying to influence America’s China
trade
policy: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, US
Trade
Representative Robert Lighthizer, White House Director of
Trade
and Manufacturing Policy Peter Navarro, and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.
But what is required with regard to trade, finance, climate change, and a host other areas is not being done.
Consider, for example, the three issues that are at the center of the global agenda mentioned earlier: climate change, financial regulation, and
trade.
On trade, Romney promises to launch a
trade
war with China, and to declare it a currency manipulator on Day One – a promise that gives him little wiggle room.
He refuses to note the renminbi’s large real appreciation in recent years, or to acknowledge that, while changes in China’s exchange rate may affect the bilateral
trade
deficit, what matters is America’s multilateral
trade
deficit.
Now that Trump has filled his economic team with nationalists, his long-promised
trade
protectionism is becoming a reality.
What is wrong is his approach: instead of recruiting allies like Japan and the European Union to put pressure on China, he has angered friend and foe alike with unilateral tariffs and other ill-advised barriers, risking a
trade
war that would hurt everyone.
For starters, these countries must move urgently to defend free
trade
and open markets.
Because Congress refused to normalize US-Cuba relations by repealing the US embargo, Obama was forced to resort to legally reversible executive orders to loosen restrictions on travel, remittances, and
trade
and investment.
But that will not be forthcoming until the NAFTA issue is laid to rest and new
trade
and investment rules are clarified and codified.
This was sure to kick up a political storm, and French
trade
unions have already responded by threatening a general strike for the second week in September.
While Trump’s disavowal of international
trade
rules and norms has received ample attention, China’s own abuse of those norms has gone unnoticed.
One cannot credibly thump the table about human rights in one country, but keep one’s opinions to oneself in another – an all-too-common occurrence when, say, a
trade
deal might suffer.
The EU sought to build a partnership of economic and political cooperation in the Mediterranean region, for example, in which financial assistance and
trade
liberalization would be contractually linked to progress in advancing human rights and developing democratic institutions.
The value of money coming from Russia to the region outweighs all western aid and
trade
combined.
The Putin government must put aside wounded pride and worries about the West and embark on sustained efforts to improve infrastructure and promote
trade
in the region.
Cities power growth through innovation, trade, and exchange.
For example, some economists opposed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (a 12-country
trade
deal that would have covered 40% of the global economy) on the questionable grounds that it would have harmed American workers.
If the Trump administration thinks it can reset the clock by starting a
trade
war with China, it is as likely to accelerate China’s economic and military development as it is to slow it down.
Although the North American Free
Trade
Agreement, which Trump reviles, has likely had only modest effects on US
trade
and jobs, he has attempted to humiliate Mexicans insisting that they pay for his border wall, as if Mexico were a US colony.
A disruption of
trade
with China could lead to massive price increases in the low-cost stores – for example, Wal-Mart and Target – on which many Americans rely.
The US cannot “win” a
trade
war with China, and any victory will be Pyrrhic.
And the best way to get the good deals Trump says he seeks is to pursue a more open
trade
policy with China, not a destructive
trade
war.
Then there are the costs related to the impact of sanctions on
trade
and investment.
In the short run, however, it is
trade
that matters much more than investment.
Any non-trivial
trade
sanctions (including sanctions on Russian financial institutions) would be much more painful than the direct cost of subsidizing Crimea.
But Russia’s dependence on
trade
with the West is certainly much larger than vice versa.
But it is equally true that the emerging consensus among the government, business leaders, and
trade
unions already has led a growing number of companies to promise significantly higher wages and bonuses.
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